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Lineage shows how a data asset connects to everything around it: what it depends on upstream and what depends on it downstream. It spans your dbt™ project and every connected BI and ingestion tool, so you can trace data all the way from an ingestion source through your models to a BI dashboard.
Lineage lives in the Data Catalog. Open any asset and select its Lineage tab to see its dependencies. This section explains how to read and work with that view.

Two ways to view lineage

Graph view

An interactive DAG of upstream and downstream nodes, with node-type filters, depth controls, and click-through navigation.

List view & export

The same dependencies as a sortable, filterable table you can download as CSV.

Sources

At the top of the lineage view, the Sources chips show the source systems feeding the asset (for example a dbt™ source or a Fivetran connector), so you can see at a glance where its data originates.
Lineage is built from your dbt™ project and connected integrations, and populates after your first Bolt production run. If an asset isn’t part of the graph yet, the view shows a note instead of a diagram.